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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.. HOUSE OP LORDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 28. DILLS. • Mr. 'Flamm; and others brought up from the Commons the Bank Charter Bill, the Greenwich Hospital Bill, and several Pri vate Bills, which ware read a first time. The Earl of SH,AFTESIIURY moved that the Bank Charter Bill be printed, with its amendments ; and gave -notice, at the request of a Noble 'Friend (the Earl of Liverpool), during his ab• sence, Thai he would move the second reading of that Bill on Thursday next. • The ORD CHANCELLOR observed, that next Thursday would be' Holy Thursday, and that the House would not sit. After some conversation the notice was fixed for Wednesday next, and the Lords were ordered to be summoned. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. eLtyna, from the TxeasUry, presented an Account of the Number of Notes issued by the Bank of Englund since the 22d of March last.—Laid on the table. Mr. Fosrrya from the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks pre sented the annual, account of the Receipts and Disbursinents of those Docks.—Laid on the table.. On the Motion of the Earl of Limerick, and after a few words from Lord Calthorpe and the Earl of. Lauderdale, the Lismore Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. neDuke of BEALTOiiires;nt;(l Petitions from the town of Brecon, and from several parishes in the county of Brecon, against Negro Slavery.—Laid on the table.. Lord CALTHORPE presented Petitions to the ;lame 'effect from Stourbridge, Worcester, Pollockshaws, and the Protestant Dis senters of Clapton, in the county of Middlesex.--Laid on the table. _ _ . Similar Petitions were presented by the Marquis of LANs.- DOWN from the city of Cork and the towns of Westburn, Lyme, Tenterden, Peckham, and Burleigh.—Laid on the table. CATHOLICS. Lord KING preiented a Petiti;;; from James Adcock, com plaining of the expellee at which he had-been put to in endeavour in; to he admitted a Freeman of ,the. Corporation of Dublin, to which he was by law entitled, Catholics having been declared ad missible; and praying that some dense be introduced into the Madames . Bill nom• before their Lordships, giving large damages 'be :those who had hem ref*ell their Freedom under such circum stanees,--Laid oo the The'Marquis of La r(sn'owt4 presented a Petition from the Roma►i Oahulies of IteAnd, preying their Lordships to take into consideration the circumstane!s attending the capitulation of Li mericki—Laid on the table. . • ST. OLAVE'S PARISH. The Marquis of - LANSDOWN seal that he bad a Petition which had been pot into his hands at the beginning of the Session, but which he had recommended, if 'presented' at all, should be kept till the dose of Parliament, in the hope that during the interval seine arrangement might be made which would render &petition unnecessary, and would prevent a scandal which could not fail to be injurious to the best interest; of, religion. This petition was from the Churchwardens and the majority of the Householders of the parish of st. Olave, London, who complain ed that although the Rector had -entered into an engagement not to receive more than one shilling in the pound on • the rental of the parish, he had availed himself of some old Acts, and claimed two' shillings and nine-pence, by which he raised an income of 1,800/. a year:--That the principal part of the duty devolved on a Curate, to Whom he paid 751. and never more than 100/. a year, and that instead of inhabiting the Rectory House in the parish, he let it out into warehouses,. thus deriving from it an additional revenue, and lived in • Another parish. The petitioners further offered to prove their assertions in any manner which their Lord ships might require. The Bishop of LONDON was • understood to state the defence which the Rector had made. He repelled the charge of having broken his , agreement, by saying, that fin ling ,when he came into tlkg living, that only sixpence in the pound. was, paid, he bad prontiSed those who would engage to' pay n Shilling,' niverlo ask them, for more. To this agreement he 'contended, that he had strictly adhered, having only anima the. twa shillings and nine- panee which the law allowed, front those ; who had refused to pay onribilllog. Ho, &refute, only receive(' on an average about two shillings in the pound. This 'Wits more perhaps than any other Rector in London . received, - but it' Wits still less than be was entitled by law to receive, and how could he (the Bishop of London) censure a 'teeter for receiving less than the Act al lowed loin? lie himself (the Right Rey. Prelate we understood) had proposed to tix the rate of of pence in the pound which would have reduced the yearly,memike to .1,850/., but some of the. parishioners ball refused to pay, it, saying that others paid no wore than one shillings ' As to the'fact of the, Rector's not occu pying the Rectory 'House, be had stated circumstances which ren tiered it impossible, and with respect to the Curate, he had 1001. a year, and, was very attentive.to his duty. ' The Marquis of LA NSDOWN said, that the' revenue thus rais ed by the Rector nearly equalled the whole amount of the As waned Tnies'paid by the Pariah; cud exceeded, by nearly 700/. a year, that of the Poor's Rates. The parishioners were also in pos senaion of a letter signed by the Rector, in which lie offered to give his nit'llor'the passing of a Bill to reduce the salary of his successor to 1,000/. a year, on condition that they should pay down to himself 8,0001. • The Bishop of LONDON hail not been aware of the existence of such an otter, which, if made as, represented, he felt himself celled upon to stigmatize with due reprobation. The petition was then read and laid on the table. The ,Bishop of FERNS put off his motion respecting Chartered Schools illirelandr to next Friday. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented petitions from three Pa rishes in the County of Aberdeen against any alteration in the iliutking,Systpt.—.Laid en the table. The Scotluta Copartnership Bill was read a second time. The tri,h Small,Debts Recovery Bill and the Stage Coaches Licenses Bill wentrespectively through Committees, and were re ;ported.. The Peerage si Restoration Bills were ordered to be engrossed. Adjo4rtied ti4,Motulay. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MISCELLANEOUS. Lord , Mwron presented a petition from tin individual named Radcliffe, who had been in the employment of Mr. Justice Southern, in the County of York, during which period he had received an injury from the fly-wheel of a steam-engine, and claiming a compensation for the same. After a few observations, from Lord MILTON, Sir F. Oseyta nra, Mr. W. SMITH, Mr. ARBUTHNOT, and the SVEAKEU, the Petition was laid on the table. Mr. J. Wir.r.tasts prtemted a Petition from Olive .Guelph, de deenribing herself as the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Cum berland, and complaining that, although she had legally proved her descent from Royalty, she was nevertheless still confined in the King's Bench Prison in despite of her prerogative m Princess of the Royal Blood, and begging the interference of the House.— The Petition was laid on the table. _ Lord STANLEY presented a Petition from certain Importers of, and Deslets in Irish Butter, resident in Manchester, agaiteithe Butter Bill now in progress through the Ilouse. 7 —Ordergd to be referred to the Committee on the Irish Butter Bill. Mr. BRIGHT presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of ( 4 .iggersiiill, in favour r►f the Debtor and Creditor Bill. Mr. SYKES suggested to his Hon. Friend, to include in his Bill a clause, which should bring within its meaning deeds of 9outposition, which were now. in progress. CURItENCY. Sir Wlll. GORDON presatitei a Petition from several parishes in Fifeshire, against any altavation of the Currency of Scotland.— Iteferred to the Committee on the Banking Systems of Ireland and Scotland. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Mr. S. RICE pre4enteA a Petition, higrtyd by upwards of 40,000 Catholics, complaining that they were denied Corporate Franchisea in Ireland. The Hon. Mama Ea. also-presented a second petition 'from the some Body, complaining that the saddest of the Treaty of Lime rick, with respect to theiietitioners, had been violated, and ray ing that their rights blight be restored to them. ear. DAWSON said, these Petitions had created great excite.: ti. n in Irelnd. They emanated. from the New Catholic Asap elation, a body not entitled to much consideration in that House. The corporate rights referred :to bythe Petitioners were very pro perly withheld from the Catholics. Thu Petitioners, with rek. repce to the alleged breach of the articles of the Treaty of Lime r;ek, said this restriction had been imposed upon them contrary to the spirit of the treaty--(flear, , hear)and that in cqptitming those restrictions the House was a party to the breacit4f faith. The Treaty of -Limerick secnrod to the Rositan Catholics t h e r i g h ts en j o yed by them tinder Charles the, Sesxtnd. Hence it became necessary to inquire what those rights - had been, awl lie found that they had been excluded from seats in Parliament, tun; from all offices in the State. Here the Hon. Member read a resolution or the. Irish House of Lords of !31st June, 1642, to shew that anew ,writ had been issued for a boroug h, i n cense -sinewy of Mi.' triOeftiaing toialui the oath d !supremacy. The dissolution of this Parliament took place in 1661. The treaty of Limerick was drawn up on the Sd February, 1691, but was, not ratified till sth April, 1 . 692. On the ascension of William 111. to the throne, he passed an Act which excluded Catholics from holding offices under Government, and taking their seats in Parliament. And he argued that as the Catholics had not then complained of this infraction, that in point of fact it had never existed. Mr. S. RICE said, that as the -Hon. Member had provoked a discussion by his intemperate manner of contradicting the assertions of so many individuals who had come forward and signed their names to the Petition as a pledge of their know ledge of the facts, he would endeavour to prove the Catholics were exempted from 'holding offices under Government, by an infraction of the Treaty of Limerick. There was one transac tion which completely falsified the remark quoted by the Hon. Member, that all Catholics were excluded from enjoying the rights of the King's subjects au their -refusal to take the oath of supre macy. He allnded to Bishop Burnett's account of the transac tion, which stated that every thing asked by the Irish was granted, at the express command of the King, • and that they were ad mitted to all the privileges of subjects upon taking the oath of Allegiance to the King and Queen, ivithont taking the oath of Supremacy. This doctrine of Bishop Burnett was supported by other cotemporary historians, The Treaty of Limerick, he con tended, admitted the Roman Catholics to all the privileges and rights of subjects, and that consequently its articles were vio lated by those rights being withheld. Sir J. NEWPORT said he had not expected to live to see the day when an Irishman would assert in that House that an Act of the English Parliament, of 1797, was binding upon Ireland ; and least of all that such an assertion would be made by a Member for the county of Derrry. . Mr. DAWSON 'denied that he had asserted the authority of the English Act of Parliament. He had risen to state plain his torical facts, which contradicted the allegations of the petition.— The lion. Member had charged him with having provoked dis cussion; but he asked, was there an intemperance, or any thing calculated to provoke discussion, in his denying an assertion made in argument by the lion. Member? it Was the assertion of the Hoa. Member which provoked discussion ; and if he supposed that the subject WAS to be discussed there as in. the Catholic As. sociation, where the speakers were all on one side, he was much mistaken. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the Hon. Member for Limerick had provoked the discussion, when he understood that it was agreed on all hands that discussion should .be avoided.— Whenever the Catholic claims came to be discussed, he should be prepared to meet the Hon. Member upon the question of the Treaty of Limerick. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that he did not mean to disturb the general arrangement by going into discussion on the Cutholic Claims; but he could not acquiesce in the assertion that any rights had been withheld from the Roman Catholics which were given to them by the Treaty of Limerick. All he wished to do was to state that he retained his original opinion upon the subject of the Treaty of Limerick, and that the political privileges claimed by the Roman Catholics could not be supported by the terms of that treaty. He thought, from the wording of the Petition, that the petitioners themselves ha not much reliance upon the arguments to be deduced from the wording of the articles. Mr. S. RICE said that he would engage to prove to the Right Hon: Gentleman that the ninth article of the Treaty of Lime.. rick did guarantee the political rights of the Roman Catholics of Ireland. The petition was ordered to be printed. ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. MABERLY, after some remarks upon the necessity of reducing taxation, withdrew his notice of motion for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes until the next Session. He moved for a return of the Receipts of Revenue and Assessed Taxes for each year from 1915 to 1825 exclusive, with the amount of the charge for collection in each year. After a few words from Mr. Hritairs, the returns were ordered. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. . Lord J. RUSSELL moyed that the ,Order of the Day for the further consideration of the Report of the Bribery at Elections Bill, be postponed to that day three months. We understood the Noble Lord to say, that he should bring forward the measure in another shape in the net Session. After a few words from Colonel DAVIES and Mr. WYNN, the order was postponed accordingly.; EPISCOPAL UNIONS BILL. Upon the moticn of Sir J. NEWPORT, the Committee on the above. Bill was postponed to that day three months. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. Mr. Secretaty moved the third reading of the Criminal .imitiee Bill. Mr. J. SIIITI-I expressed him hope that the Right Hon. Cm tleman, during the recess, would give his attention to the state of the Police of the Metropolis. The Hon. Member - Sizitea,' that the defeetS of the Police system was very great,"ruid 'that the de tection and prosecution'of crime was attended With grc;itt (Nth culty, expence, and uncertainty. He suggested that the system should be placed upon a footing similtir to that of the Board of Customs. Ile believed that crimes of violence were not so fre quent or so atrocious as formerly, but that crimes of 'fraud and cunning were more so. Mr. Secretary PEEL thanked the lion. Gentleman for his suggestion, but could not think that it would be beneficial to alter the footing upon which the Police Magistracy of the Metro polis now stood, by creating a new authority. At present it was the duty of the Horne Secretary of State to have frequent com munication's with the heads of the different offices, and to be ac.; quainted. with the state of their . business. If a Board were created to stand between the Magistrates . and the Secretary of State, it would be only removing the duty and responsibility from one quarter to another. It would be better for the Hon. Member to put him in posseßsion of his views more minutely ; but as he un derstood them now, he did not see their utility. After a few words from Mr. J. Satiric, the Bill was read a third time. A clause, moved .by Mr.' G. LAMB, and some verbal amend ments were "agreed to, and the Bill was passed. Lord A. 11.vmuiroN Presented two Petitions from Scotland, against any alteration in the system of Scotch currency.-11e. ferred to the Committee. Mr. J. P. GRANT moved the postponement of the second reading of the Wrongous Imprisonment hill to that day three mouths. • Mr. Secretary PEEL said, the subject appeared to him to dr serve attention, hut there had not been time to give it duo consi deration. Mr. Al3ElleftONMY suid, that the subject was one of ex treme importutice, and this he wished particularly to impress open the House. It. wwi then ordered that the Bill should be postponed to that day three months. CHARING-CROSS LMPROVEMENT 13ILL Mr. ARBUTHNOT moved the Order of the Day for Ow third reading of the Charing Cross Improvement Bill. Mr. 1101311011 SE inquired at what time it was contemplated that the improvements should commence? Mr. AItBUTHNOT replied that they should commence with as little delay as was compatible with-the interests of the parties concerned. The Commissioners would certainly lose no time.— Wh en fi rs t th e Bill was suggested, it was stated to be necessary that means should 'he adopted-for widening the Strand beyond Exeter 'Change. He accordingly communicated with the pro prietors on the subject, and received the- most satisfactory answers from the Noblemen as well as the other persons who were concerned; they all expressed themselves anxious for the passing of the Bill. The Committee also paid particular attention to such petitions as were presented to them, and every thing that was fairly required, met with the fullest consideration. The Bill Was then read a third time and passed Mr. Secretary PErt, brought in a Bill to amend the law relat ing to stealing from Gardens and Orchards. Read a first time, and ordered to be printed, and read a second time on Monday next. , EAST INDIA WRITERS' BILL. Mr. C. WYNN moved the Order of the Day for going into a Committee on the East India Writers' Bill. On the question being put, that the Speaker leave the Chair, Mr. DENMAN said it was well known that the imperfect edu cation of those who had been sent out to India through the in fluence of patronage had done considerable mischief. The esta blishment of the llayleybury College was found to he the most efficient remedy for the evil. Yet notwithstanding the com plaint made by Mr. Burke and several Governors of India re- speeting the deficiency of eduction in the writers who had been sent out, the clause now sought to be repealed was that which► required that no one should be permitted to go to India without a certificate front the College of his being properly qualified. It would be more satisfactory if the Rules of the College were ineerporattslin.the Bill, and if matters so important were not left to the discretion of the Directors, who must naturally be anxious for the extension of their patronage. For the beneficial results of the College education, he appealed to the testimony of Lord Basting*. The remedy now proposed for a deficiency in the number of writers was, he thought, snore extensive than the evil ; and by adopting it, they got rid of the only effectual remedy which had yet been discovered to prevent that wont of proper qualification of which the Marquis Wellesley complained.. Even the papers on the table, which complained of a deficiency of writers, must yet acknowledge the usefulness of the College. It was, in fact, the only security that existed against the East, India Company, with regard to the Government of India. He' thought that it was well worth while to consider how far it might .be adviseable to suppress a College, which had been distinguished by such names as Mackintosh and Malthus, and in which Pro fessors laboured who, though not equal in celebrity to those names, were yet of great learning and worth. He did not un dertake to defend the College against some imputations of misgovernment. There might have been rebellions among the Students, perhaps; hit then their youth should be taken into consideration, and it should also be recollected that they were full of the idea of having vested rights in their future appointments. In such circumstances, boys were but too likely to entertain notions of privilege. • Mr. TRANT denied that the Writers had been uneducated pre viously to the establishment of the College. They were usually sent out from the most respectable schools in the kingdom, and whatever abuses might have occurred, arose not from a want of education, but from the system pursued. He insisted that there were radical defects in the constitution of the College, and that it was necessary to enlarge the provision for civil services in Mr. Secretary CANNING agreed with the Hon. Member (Mr. Dorman) in some of the views which he hail expressed. He thought that the country had a right to expect competent instruc tion for those who were sent out to' India. It was indeed a matter in which the British name was concerned. He considered the usual course of education for an English Gentle►nan as the best preparation for an intercourse with the world ; and if the College were to be established over again, he would wish it to be under the superintendence and local jurisdiction of one of the Universities.— There would be considerable advantage if, during the period of their studies, the youth were to mix with those destined for other professions. The duties of the College, he thought, were dis charged with great,success and ability. He much regretted its suspension ; but it was not an entire suppression, for the College was to take effect at the close of the suspension, either in its pre sent state, or with such imptdvements as might be deemed expe dient. Mr. LUSHINGTON objected to the state of the law, which did not allow youth to be sent to the College at an age sufficiently early to render them amenable to discipline. After a few words from Sir T. BARING and Colonel Hamm, Mr. DENMAN explained. Mr. C. WYNN spoke highly of the advantages of a Univer sity education. He urged the necessity of enlarging the time of study at the College from two to three or more years. The Bill was certainly a temporary expedient for a difficulty, and he Irked its operation to three years. However, he would not pledge himself as to ulterior meastire:,, until they had the benefit of expe rience. • Sir T. BARING proposed that a clause should be introduced, making it unnecessary that persons who had resided two years in India, and had passed examinations at the College of Fort William, should he obliged to return to England to qualify themselves at Hayleybury College, under the provisions of the Act. After a few words from Mr. TRANT, Mr. ASTILI., Mr. LUSH.. INOTON, and Mr. C. W. WYNN, the Hon. Baronet consented to withdraw the clause. The Chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. INDIA NAVAL FORCE. BILL. The Order of the Day for the second reading of the Indian Naval Force Bill being read, Mr. BRIGHT observed, that before he could consent to the motion he felt it necessary to state, that it behoved the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wynn) to afford the House some explana tion as to the causes and the progress of the war now carrying on in the Burmese territory, He had ineffectually called for infor mation on this subject on a former occasion, and he professed it was now his intention to divide the House on the question before them, if that information were any longer withheld. The public was altogether in the (lark as to the war now carrying on in India, except from private sources of information (—and in fact he must confess that the documents which had appeared even in the Gazette were, muc'h to his surprise, not official. Under these circumstances, however unwilling he might be in so thin a House to press it to a division, he must, unless the explanation were satisfactory, deem it his duty to oppose the motion in all its future stages. Mr. C. W. WYNN observed that the settled force of India was about 20,000 troops ; if war required it, the addition was to be supported out of the territorial revenues of India. The pre sent flotilla, requisite under the present circumstances of the war, was no part of the standing force of India, and, of course, would be discontinued after due termination of hostilitim A conversation ensued hetw een Mr. Bawler, Sir Joins Nric roar, and Mr. Amu, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. The Irish Petty Sessions Bill was committed, the report brought up, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Tuesday ne::t. The Irish Prison Laws Amendment Bill was committed. The Resolution being read, Mr. S. Rica mover, as an amendment to the resolution, that the su►n of 6001, should be inserted in place of 900/. as the amount of salary for each inspector of pr►sons in Ireland. Mr. Gat/LIMN reskted the amendment, and argued at some length in fiivour of the original clause. After a few words from Sir J. NEWPORT and Mr. Si RICE, the further consideration of the clause was postponed. The other clauses of the Bill having been agreed to, the Howie resumed. The report was received, and the Bill was ordered to be recommitted on Monday. The Excise LaWs Amendment (Ireland) Bill, and the Exche quer Bills' Bill were severally read a third time awl passed. The other Orders of the Day having been disputed of, the House adjourned at a quarter past Ten o'Cloek. NAVAL IN'T'ELLIGENCE. Letters have been received this morning from Lisbon by the Sandwich packet, up to the 15th instant. His Majesty's ships Ocean, Albion, Lively,.and Glasgow, remained in the Tagus. The Rainbow, Honourable Captain Roue, with Major-General Bourke on board, arrived at the Cape of Good , Hope, on the Bth February. PORTSMOUTIL—The Talbot went out of harbour on the 26th, and the Jasper sailed on the 27th. The Cameloos is arrived from Plymouth. The Ganges, 74, was taken out of Dock on the 26th, and her fitting up for the Flag of Rear-Admiral Otway is proceeding with. DavoNvonT, APRIL 27.—1 t is blowing almost a gale of wind from N.W. by W., but otherwise the weather is fine. Ships in }femme as per last. Between the Island and the Main, Beagle and Bramble. Cameleon sailed on the 26th for Portsmouth, with men from the Britannia and Windsor Castle, to fit out the Royalist and Leveret as Tenders to those ships. Lieut. W. Rivers, R. N., Warden of Woolwich yard, has been appointed one of the Lieutenants of Greenwich Hospital, vice Lynn, deceaml ; ,and Lieut. Vosper, has been appointed Warden of Woolwich Yard, vice Rivers, who was a protegee of Lord Nelson, and lost his leg at Trafalgar, -Mr. limber, Purser, R.N., has been appointed to the Ordi nary at Chatham. John Godby, Esq., Steward of Greenwich ITospital, died on the 28th inst. [PROM LLOYD'S.] DEAL, Aram 28.—Wind N.N.W. to N.W.—blowing strong. Arrived, and remain, the Borneo, Ross, from Sumatra. --Passed through, from the River, the Thomas, Wiskart, for Jamaica; and Rebecm, Scott, for Seville. Powrsmorrtt, Arart 28.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Starling cutter froM a cruise ; Dryad, Swinburn, Shields, fur Oporto ; Hope, Evans, from London ; and Amelia, Saunders, from Bristol. Sailed, the Joseph Green transport, for Deptford ; and the Scor pion cutter, on a cruise. FALmount, APRIL 27.—Wind N. W.—Airived the Sand wich packet from Lisbon ; Trial, Jenkins, and, Lavinia, Forster, from London. Dv' meow., 27......N.N,W,—Arrived the Eliza, Sarchwell, from Sierra Leone, sailed 3d march; the Westbury, f or B e lf ast; and the Flora, for Liverpool, sailed 2d March ; the Briti s h T ar , and John and M ary , for Workington , sa il e d 10 days before; the Mary, for Liv er p ool, was to sail on the 4,th ; the Prince Regent was nearly ready for sea; the Sir William Wallace was loaded ; the Rose and Fairfield were to sail 15th Much; the Hope and Barnett were half loaded. BELFAST, Aran. 28.—The Antrim, Brown, from Glasgow to, this port, struck on an anchor this morning, near Gummyle, and immediately filled, LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. A great deal has been said on this subject, both in and out of Parliament, both now and in former times, but it does not appear that any better system than that upon Which we at present act has been,devised, although that system is by no means good. Abstractedly, it certainly sounds harsh to say,. that the body of any individual is liable to perpetual' imprisonment at the instance of a person to whOm he owes money ; and it is also undeniably true, that many cases of a severe and heart-rending nature could be cited to show the utter injustice of such a proceeding. But, notwithstanding this may be admitted as truth, we take it to be equally clear that a Creditor is entitled to some remedy against his Debtor, to compel him to pay the money which he owes to him. How this point can be effected in any gentler manner than simple incarceration, (and we admit that it is severe); we are at a loss to imagine, and to abolish imprisonment for debt entirely, would be to deprive a Creditor of the only remedy which he has in cases where his Debtor is without property. It appears to us that either measure is unjust, but as it is a case admitting of no medium, the only alternative was to choose between two evils, and we must confess that we think the lesser of the two has been taken. It is somewhat strange that the only cause for which arrest of the person was allowed in former days, was for trespass on the lands of another, and that is now one of the excepted cases in which arrest is not per mitted. It therefore appears, that the law of arrest for debt has grown up with the trade of the country, and has sprung from it apparently as naturally as the credit which gives life and spirit to all commercial transactions, and credit chiefly depends on the respon sibility of the person with whom we deal. Some portion of the evils resulting from the law of Debtor and Creditor as it now stands, has been greatly mitigated: by the passing of the Bankrupt and Insol vent Debtors' Acts ; but it unfortunately happens that the theory on which both these codes of laws pro ceeds has not been thoroughly understood, and it has therefore given rise to abuses which time has sanctioned, and which a long succession of custom' has compelled us to imagine sound. When speaking Of the Insolvent Act, some weeks since, we endea voured to show that there was no real distinction be tween a person subject to the Bankrupt Laws, and a person subject to the Insolvent Laws, or indeed so little as hardly to justify the application of two such opposite codes to remedy one and the same evil. But this, it would appear, is not the only cause of com plaint against the Insolvent Act. If provisions con tain other clauses, which have been allowed to pass sub silentio, and which have, nevertheles, been pro ductive of much evil, and that too without effecting any good commensurate with that expected, or even sufficient to outbalance the evil which it has caused. The clause to which we more particularly alluded, was passed for the first time in the sth Geo. 4., and is carried into the Act of the present Session, and re strains persons seeking the benefit of the Insolvent Act from taking the rules of the King's Bench and Fleet prisons. We have no hesitation in stigmatizing this clause as decidedly unjust, for no good reason can be given why prisoners for debt should not be permitted to avail themselves of this indulgence, in all cases where the Marshal or the Warden shall be will ing to incur the liability to which they are expose d, in case the party should make an escape. Commit ment to prison for the payment of a debt, is a com mitment t 6 safe custody, and not to close and safe custody as in criminal cases, and where restraint of the person is employed as a means of amendment, and as a punishment fora" crime. The motive, however, on which this clause was passed, was alleged to be the expectation that so many persons would not in such a case seek the benefit of the Insolvent Act. Against such a motive we beg at once to enter our decided protest, because we hold it to be in direct violation of that principle upon which the temporary Insolvent Acts were passed, viz. that o f c l ear i ng th e public gaols, and because we look upon it as unne cessarily augmenting the severity of these laws, which, in the mildest shape, we have already said, are suf ficiently harsh and severe. But not upon principle alone do we object ; we assert that the alleged expec tation has failed, and vouch in proof thereof the fact, that the number of commitments in the Michaelmas Terms before and after the passing of the clause, give a difference of seven only in favour of the clause.-- And this, we take it, is unanswerable as to the quan tum of good that the clause has produced. As to the evil it has produced, we say, look at the public gaols, look at the prisons of the King's Bench and Fleet, and let their crowded state answer the ques tion. In the King's Bench prison the average num ber of prisoners since the passing of the clause has been 700 ; and think of the personal inconveniences, the injury done to moral and religious feelings in this motley community, shut up in a space destined origi nally to contain at the utmost SOO. Is there in this nothing to dread ? Is thbre no gaol-fever to be appre hended ? No contagious disorder to expect, if, when the hot weather comes, this number shall not be very greatly reduced ? And, is not this the effect of this unjust clause, when it is shown that the difference be tween the number of prisoners who took the rules in two corresponding terms in the year before, and the year after the passing of the'clause in question, amounted to. On the subject of the expences, too, attending a petition to the Insolvent Debtors' Court for a dis charge, a word ought to be said. But a little fact here will suffice. The number of prisoners who have been the last four years, i s a b ove in n o f money spent by t h em a l one 3 relieved o ,000, i England, andthe sum (not including that spent by their opponents) exceeds considerably 600,0001. ; that a fee of 12s. 6d. is paid the f 1 ass,soigoicti ; by each insolvent for the attendance of the pro v i s i ona l asignee, and for preparing the assignment f rom th e Er and that thi s f e e and this indirectly i n t h e f a ce of the Act, which d ec l ares no f ee shal l b e assignee taken, except such as the Commissi oners s h a ll ap p rove . as o v i producedsi onalss tgipeewar d to s o It would be curious to know the amount di vided amongst the creditors of these thirty thousand insolvents in the same period. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1626. The Marquess of LANSDOWN in presenting 1 0 night, in the House of Peers, a Petition from the Parishioners of St. Olave's, complaining of certain abuses in that Parish, expressed his conviction that the Bishop of LONDON had done every thing in big power to settle amicably the disputes between the Rector and the Parish. The Bishop stated, that the real facts were, that Oe Rector had a legal right to Tithes to the amount of 2,4001., but that so far from raising that amount, an arrangement had been proposed for fixing the rata universally through the Parish, at Is. Gd. in the pound' which would have produced about 1,350/. per arm' Difficulties, however, had arisen, which had rendered it impossible to effect that arrangement. The Right Rev. Prelate then observed, that if any part of his conduct in this matter had been to blame, it was f or giving his consent to the introduction of a Bill whic h would deprive, not only the present Rector but hi s successor, of his just legal rights ; but, that his object had been to promote peace and quiet in the Parish► and to see the Rector living in harmony with his flock. The amiable conduct of the Bishop of LoN Dotiti throughout this dispute, is justly entitled to the high" PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. NOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand on the ORDER-BOOK of the HOUSE of COMMONS for the ENSUING WEEK. Monday, May 1. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Yorkshire Election Bill Second reading. 2. County Election Freeholders in Districts Bill—Second reading. 3. Registration of Aliens Bill—Second reading. 4. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 5. Debtor and Creditor Arranget tient Bill—Further considera tion of Report. 6. Consolidated Fund Bill—Third reading. 7. Westminster Improvement Transfer Bill—Report: 8. Benefices (Ireland) Bill—Second.reading. 9. Gardens and Hot-honses Bill—Second reading. 10. East India Writers Bill—Report. ' 11. East India Naval Force Bill—Committee. 12. Prison Laws ( Ireland) Bill—Report. 13. Valuation of Ireland Bill—Further consideration ofßeport. 14. Shire Halls Bill—Report. 15. Ways and Means—Committee. 16. Supply—Committee. 17. Middlesex Turnpike Trusts Bill—T.::. ! nstiding. 18. Customs Collection Bill—Further caLsi .CAtion of Report.. 19. Yeomanry Corp's Bill—Committee. , 20. Destruction of Houses (Ireland) t 4 ...i.lreading. 21. Crown Lands Sales Bill—Committee 22. Fisheries (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 23. Trustees Entailed Estates Bill—Committee. • NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald—Papers relating to the ReTenue:. Ireland. Last Day of receiving Reports of Private Bills. PRIVATE Ilii.r.s.—(Second Readings) 1. Waghen Rectory. 2. St. Ceorge's Divorce. Tuesday, May 2. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Matthew Ridley—Papers relating to the conduct of Ms gistraces in New South Wales. - 2. Mr. Hume—Accounts of Monies expended in Repairs on Westminster Abbey, and other Papers. ••- • 3. Mr. Martin (of (alway)—That a Select Committee be ap pointed, to inquire how far it may be practicable to alibi' to the brute creation the protection of Law, without divesting man of that-controul over, -and disposal or creatures, which a wise Providence entrusted to him for his use and benefit; • bur which trust; it must be inferred, in reference to the Di vine Creator otttll things, was to be exercised with a due ' regard to reason, justice, and conscience. 4. AIL Iluskisscfn-:-To move for a Return of the number of Ships built in the British Dominions between 1814 and 1025, both inclusive; .distinguishing the number in each year, spa the.antount of their tonnage. • ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Silk Duties Bill—Further consideration of Report. 2. Parish Apprentices Bill—Second reading. 3. Petty Sessions (Irela.ncl)Bill—Further consid.ration of 9et,.. port. = 4. Merchant Seamen Wages Bill—Committee. Wednesday, May p. t ORDERS OF THE DAY. Alehouses Licenses Bill—Second reading. Thursday, May 4. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Ili:me—State of the Nation. 2. Mr. Attorney-General—Bill founded upon the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Practice of the Court of Chancery. 3..!t r. John 'Willir.ms—To refer Report of the Chancery Com mission to a Committee of this House. 4. Sir John Nesfyort—To move Resolutions as to El UniOns and Pluralities in Ireland. NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuesday, ;Way 9. • Mr. Edmond Wodehouse—Address relative to the comrattni cations that have been received from his Majesty's Cowls abrood, on the subject of the prices of Foreign Corn, PRICES.OP,STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONE O ► CLOCK . Mink z,tt)ek 3 per Cent.- Red. 77W Old Annuities . , ............. 3 per Cent. Cent• 781 4. i New. Ditto 3. per Cent. Ditto Red, ... ' 8-lig Dittp3o9l. 2d. . ''. .. ~9 7 9 Pin . nd5_ ...1.... ... 64 6 pai. I 4 Ver I cm . New Ditto B. 114 1 i i Ditto Sal4ll 2tl .... :..9 7 9 Pa ) 4 per Cent. S .rip - Ditto Advertised ............ .-- Ran . I ,on► ; Aril. 19 18 13.16 Bank for A ect. ............... -- India Stocic ~. ... .. ... '.... tloil I Ihtlin for ; ect• ••••• •• Ex.l.lillf I DOW. 2‘.1:, .. .. ... .... .... . prn- Con,LL______:_ , _ 7 or Acct. ..... 78110.14 PRICES OF FOREIGN F, Ausirinn 5 per cent.— Brazilian Btls .......... 151 6} Buenos Ayres 1id5......... Kis, 6 per et... . - oslonibiat) 4O i On. 11124 ...... 39i 40 38/ Ot Ilanit.ll. 3 p. ct. ....... . 454 Greek Ilds Do. 111211 'f;oatitoala 4O c xican lids. 1)o. 1825 61 4 2 CO 9NE o'cLocic. Nett's;limn, 1824 ............ Pau vista Bonds .......... '2l) Portuguese Vonds ......... erkutsiat4,, : or I per cept. ..... ._Ditto N ....... ..... . ........ Russia, Noy. p.c. 76t1 6' "Iratli.lt 1821.1 p.c. . 81 t 182 3 ~• 4 ..... •• 51 French ttentes, p. c. . •"'* EXChange ... • 3p. c. ... Excliairge PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ter Sha m ' . , . 21i 25 Anglo-Mexican Mini ig Company . Brazilian Mining Company • 9 it!, British Iron Minin g C om p an y l7i 11 United Mexican Mining Company Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company • Protector Fire Astwrance Company • l lt i g . Gas Engine Carriage Company ----- • PRICK OF IRISH S Rank Stock Gov. Deb. 3 per cent. 89 Gay. Stock, - .4 per ct.B4,iii :I Do- New 4 per cent. New d 0.... 04i d 4 Consols 3 percent. Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock ...... Ditto Loan, 4 per cent. Ditto Ditto, 6 per cent. .roCKS, APRIL 25. City Deb. 4 per cent....... --• St. Patrick Insurance 3 `2.1 die.. Royal Irish Ditto -- National Ditto Patriotic Ditto -. Hibernian Bank -- [l'rovincial Ditto Royal Irish Alining ... 4i dig'. Imperial Mine Fish 'shares . -- FOREIGN MAILS. A RH' VED. I ollagd Brazil Pus. 0 0 • HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW . Morning, 39 minutes alter 8. I Evening,, 10 minutes atter 9• Übt Snit.